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A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found that 48% of physicians in the U.S. were e-prescribing using EHR systems as of June 2012, compared with 7% in December 2008. Pharmacy participation in e-prescribing and higher rates of doctors who meet meaningful use objectives contributed to the increase, according to the report.

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A report from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found that 48% of physicians in the U.S. were e-prescribing using EHR systems as of June 2012, compared with 7% in December 2008. Pharmacy participation in e-prescribing and higher rates of doctors who satisfy meaningful use objectives contributed to the increase, according to the report.

Democrats will not consider reducing Medicare benefits as part of a deal to avoid sequestration, party leaders said. "The moment you want to privatize Social Security or voucherize Medicare or block-grant Medicaid -– that's where you lose us," said Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. Democrats said they would consider ways to reduce waste and inefficiencies in the system.

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Two Australian teaching hospitals reduced rates of serious errors by 44% after implementing commercial e-prescribing systems, researchers reported in PloS Medicine. The study also found that system-related errors, such as selecting the wrong drug from a pull-down menu, were associated with 35% of the mistakes after e-prescribing began.